"(This was purchased for my wife who suffers from scoliosis. This is her review)

I wanted to share this to let both the company and readers out there know the massive potential that this line of products has to improve lives. In short, I use Ancestral Supplements Grass-fed "Living" Collagen, Grass-fed Bone Marrow, and Bovine Tracheal Cartilage + Liver synergistically with other supplements, diet and exercise as part of a routine to improve my curvature. So far they have been very helpful and I am making a lot of progress. My scoliosis comes with a lot of problems, so I needed all of the help that I could get.

First, some back-story:
In January of 2018, at age 26 I found out that I had 3-curve scoliosis that went under the radar for the course of my life. I found out in the worst way, by suffering stomach torment from a left-leaning middle spine curve and a lot of other internal and outwardly problems that gradually came to a boiling point from childhood into adulthood. Among the symptoms that led to the finding were: chronic inflammation, fatigue, breathing problems, severe arm and shoulder weakness, the appearance of unusually long arms due to a compressed torso, muscle tension and spasms, sleep deprivation, eye twitching, digestive issues, a bizarre lack of athleticism, back pain, an incorrect gait. Since the 3-curve scoliosis spine is a spiral shape, there were also front-to-back curves; my right hip was rotated backwards as well as tilted down, and my neck heavily leaned forward and left. The curves displaced both of my shoulders, with the right shoulder lower than the left to the point that the right arm was rotated. The right arm and hand had poor motor control. The right hand held utensils with a fist. Both shoulder blades protruded with one looking like an open door. My asymmetrical legs were swollen and my rib-cage was twisted and caved-in. The doctors I saw were not able to help me. They offered painkillers for management or surgery if it was unbearable. My case was not from a congenital abnormality in the vertebrae, just "idiopathic", like most cases. It is not known yet how idiopathic scoliosis is initiated, but through this process I came to understand some of physical factors that stand in the way of it improving or make it worse.

I began an exercise routine with the help of a physical therapist to see if it would create impetus for the curvature to reduce: doing stretches, shoulder exercises to push them up and back, 5 inversion table sessions every day, hanging off a pull-up bar, and walking carefully with the intention of rotating my hip, wiggling the spine and encouraging upward blood-flow. This had to be very consistent and my entire day was structured around it. I only sit for meals. I began taking Systemic Enzymes which reduce inflammation and pain without nasty side-effects and help speed the repair of connective tissue (It is a potent non-vegetarian brand called Zymessence, for anyone curious. It must be taken on a completely empty stomach). To not be in great pain meant that I could guide my bones and flesh into better positions and make it stick without giving up and regressing. The maker of the enzymes advised me to increase my magnesium intake because the deformed muscles around the spine are tense and if they did not relax, the spine could not be freed. These efforts started to show results as I was able to make drastic changes to my right shoulder, lifting and rotating the arm so that it could hang more like the other arm, flatting the protruding shoulder blades significantly. The spine started shifting. Eventually the neck moved closer to center, the hip started to rotate, the torso continued to stretch out. The changes were incremental, month by month, but very visible. I gained 2 inches in height and still have more to go.

Where Ancestral Supplements came in:

Along the way I realized that I needed a lot more help in terms of supplements because this was a huge undertaking. I was essentially unraveling a lifetime of deformed growth, resolving body composition issues, constantly re-training my arms to do tasks, and re-learning how to walk properly as my hip turned. In trying to stay as healthy as possible despite the predicament and its limitations, I already ate 2 lbs of meat every day (cooked in tallow, grass-fed butter, real olive oil), did intermittent fasting, used some circulatory, anti-inflammatory, sleep, and digestive supplements. I was having strong cravings for bone broth all of the time, particularly when the inversion table wore me out. It made sense due to the amount of repair work I had to constantly do all over my body. I could do my best to stay on track with everything, but a lot of this was controlled by underlying biology. Conventional collagen was ok but not strong enough. When I tried the Ancestral Supplements Grass-Fed "Living" Collagen the impact was huge. Later on I added on Bovine Tracheal Cartilage + Liver and Bone Marrow for additional joint support, accelerated recovery and an all-around boost in resilience and well-being.

This was the impact:

- I had genuine energy and was glowing.
- I moved with more ease, my movements were more coordinated, and repair sped up.
-There were cognitive benefits. I was better able to focus and manage time, avoiding despair. My memory improved and stress reduced. The dominant thoughts were, "What do I need? What can I get done today?" not, "What if this never works?". Physical dysfunction has a way of bleeding through into spiritual defeat, which in-turn demotivates one from repairing the physical problems. Something like these products can be wedged to intervene in that cycle, and resultantly uphold mental fortitude.
- My upper body felt far stronger and stable than before. This is significant because I don't have real solid shoulders yet, but have to manage as well as I can.
- In the beginning my right leg was severely displaced by the tilted hip, with a dysfunctional knee, a twisted ankle, and a flat, poorly angled foot. As the hip, leg and foot changed position I had to protect it. The joints had to be insured given the tremendous stress imposed on them for as long as my spine is not yet straight. My ankles did not creak anymore and they were more flexible, even while being in a transient position that would not be corrected for a long time, until the hip, shoulders, spine, and everything else shifted to where it should be. I can be more confident that my joints are lubricated, kept intact and able to hold up my body.
-The flesh of my torso is being pulled at every day, turning red, and has to be repaired quickly so that one day's discomforts are not carried over to the next. These supplements were a huge help for that problem.
-I could endure an increase in the intensity of the daily exercises.
- Scoliosis sufferers commonly have mangled connective tissue between the vertebrae. It would have to be constantly repaired in order to make stable changes. The components of these supplements help with exactly that.

The unique properties of each supplement are listed on their Amazon page and on the website. The ones that especially stood out were the growth factors in the Collagen and Bone Marrow, but there is obviously plenty of high-level nourishment overall that wouldn't be obtained with diet alone. The Bovine Liver in the Bovine Tracheal Cartilage supplement assists too; one of its attributes is Hyaluronic Acid for joint cushioning and lubrication. For people with joint problems, the Ancestral Supplements Beef Tallow (whenever it's available) would help as well, since it contains Cetyl Myristoleate. I currently supplement with Cetyl Myristoleate separately and cook with beef tallow.

Straightening my spine as an adult is almost more difficult than living with it at its worst. I have to stay standing, focused and moving every day regardless of how the current configuration makes me feel and I have no time to adapt and get comfortable. The challenge is to prevent regression, maintain, and to push for better positioning. These supplements make life a lot easier, together with the other supplements, good food, and the exercises. I am not currently able to work. It is now or never, to try to fix this problem in the hope for a better life. With a tight budget, I can't risk spending money on sub-par supplements.

In my personal view, the best people out there are those who put detailed thought into not just how to help people get through the day but how to help them actually create momentum for the following day. That's what I think of this company. I am glad that they help people to become genuinely stronger, in a country that currently profits more from wrongly demonizing meat and neglecting the real harms such as inflammatory soybean oil in almost every restaurant to cut costs, processed food normalized in culture and cluttering the shelves. My struggle and my experience with these supplements tuned me into the causal chains in the fabric of life, and made me wonder just how much people could benefit from products like these cushioning their lives. This could help others with idiopathic scoliosis, or perhaps be useful for preventing adult degenerative scoliosis that older people develop. What if cats and dogs were fed meat and cartilage instead of pellets, or surgery patients received this level of nourishment before and after their operations as opposed to sugary snacks? How many people are not truly lazy but mostly engulfed by fatigue, existing but never having enough of a surplus to thrive? Many people are frustrated by underlying layers of physical and emotional pain that feed one another. Where do you start if you want to intervene and untangle these layers, with day-to-day life piling on more problems? What about people with anxiety benefiting from magnesium and glycine before other methods are attempted? Not all human problems can be solved, some are very complex or permanent. Life is very fast and challenging until the end, but people could definitely be better propped up than they currently are, there is no doubt about that. The modern world brought about a lot of great innovation but some crucial things were discarded. It makes me both a bit melancholy (about the reality of vulnerability, and everything that is out-of-order and lacking) but also hopeful and grateful because there is real potential and work to be done.

I will update this review later on regarding whether or not I succeed with the entire regimen.
To Ancestral Supplements: Thanks for all that you do."

"I came across Ancestral Supplements by accident.I ended up reading tons of reviews on how these supplements are helping people just like me.I'm three weeks into taking max dosages of each of the three I purchased and feeling much better.I had questions so I emailed Mr. Brian Johnson and to my surprise he got right back to me with a wealth of information,kindness,and generosity.Below is my email correspondence with Brian,I hope it may help someone else and also give some insight about the owner and the pride he takes in his company.

Dear Brian and company,I just wanted to take a minute to tell you that I am a believer.I came across your supplements by accident and then spent some hours reading reviews on Amazon about the miracles that people are having because of your products.
I have spent hard earned money on supplements in the past without much result and have also used Moringa and Diatomaceous earth with some results.
I decided to take the leap of faith and ordered the Beef Organs.Just 3 days in at max dosage I began to feel quite a bit better.So much so that I thought I may be having a placebo effect. I have been taking the Beef Organs now for almost three weeks with quite a positive affect on my overall well being.I liked it so much I purchased the Colostrum and the Bone marrow which I am also taking at full dose with no adverse side effects.A bit early to tell but I do feel better.
Let me say I do have quite a few problems and not sure if I'm taking the supplements that I should be taking although I'm sure I would benefit from all of them.
I have pretty severe Psoriasis along with painful Psoriatic arthritis at 53 years of age.I also have some neuropathy in my right arm from smashing my elbow years ago.It can be quite painful at times.I'm overweight but somewhat active and suffer from chronic lower back pain.Brain fog check and short term memory not very good these days and that really bothers me.I could go on and on but that would be whining.
Thankfully I did not become dependent on opioids but I think it could have gone that way had I not given up on them.They just didn't work after awhile and I didn't like the fog they put me in.
All that being said I could use a bit of help on which supplements may benefit me most effectively because I'm not a rich man by any means and I need to be frugal about what I do purchase.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this email,I really hope to hear what suggestions you may have.
Thanks again Brian and company. I am a believer!

Hi John!

Thank you for your email and for sharing your story. I commend you for taking control of your health. We have had many customers that have dealt with similar struggles... psoriasis, neuropathy, low back pain, etc. The good news is that many of them do wonderfully with our Ancestral Supplements and even better when adopting an ancestrally aligned lifestyle. Our bodies have this remarkable ability to heal... we just have to create the right environment for it to do so. This is what you're doing now... you're creating the right environment. You have every reason to be hopeful.

Have you ever been to our "About Us" page on our website? If not, please have a look. I know... I know... the picture defies modesty, but I always say "show 'em, don't tell 'em," unless they ask of course. Our "About Us" page is chalked full of Ancestral tenets that support health and healing. I would love for you to start wearing the UVEX glasses and/or trying the cold shower practice... little things (with anthropological and scientific basis) with huge benefit... just look at it!

I would be remiss if I didn't encourage you to also include our Bovine Tracheal Cartilage into your regimen. Are you familiar with the great Dr. John Prudden and his work with bovine tracheal cartilage? The life’s work of Dr. John F. Prudden showed that bovine tracheal cartilage had unique and powerful effects on wound healing, immune conditions, joint health and other conditions considered to be treatment-resistant to conventional therapies. All of these conditions were immune in nature with the exception of the wound healing studies.

Those treatment-resistant conditions include treatment-resistant cancer, psoriasis, arthritis, scleroderma, and wound healing. I'd encourage you to Google it sometime... his work is peer-reviewed, published in respected journals, and of course, tucked away in favor of non-native ways to treat symptoms (w/ pharma) in contrast to the root cause.

According to Dr. Prudden, “bovine cartilage closely resembles fetal mesenchyme, the primordial tissue from which muscle, bone, tendons, ligaments, skin, fat and bone marrow (the heart of the immune system) all develop.” This is one of the various proposed mechanisms of action... this is indeed a powerful compound... this was before modern day stem cell research. This is very interesting stuff... it's clinically proven... it's well published... it's anecdotally backed and supported. Our BTC is available on Amazon with 2-day delivery here... or better yet, let me buy you a bottle for you to try and see for yourself. Just send me your address.

Please stay in touch, keep me updated... good things are in store. I will always be around if you need anything.

Brian Johnson, Owner
Ancestral Supplements

Thanks so much for the really fast response Brian,I certainly didn't expect that! Just got done reading "About Us" and it really was a good read! I gotta say you're built like a freaking brick house!
Thanks also for the recommendations on reading material,I will be looking into Dr. Prudden for sure.
I just ordered the Uvex glasses which will be here Friday. You are very generous in offering me a bottle of your BTC.Normally I don't accept such offers but I also won't look a gift horse in the mouth.
My address is:XXXX
Thank you very much Brian,I truly appreciate it and the time you've taken to respond to me.
I will stay in touch and let you know my progress.I know it's going to take some time but I'm excited and believe me,it's been a long time since I've been excited about supplements.
I'm pretty sure you've gained a lifetime customer,thanks again. John

John!

Thank you so much for taking me up on the offer and for such kind words, brother. I'm beyond happy to hear that you see value in this whole-food nourishment and our customer service... customer service means everything to me which is why I try my very best to be helpful to each and every customer! I'd like to see more companies return to old fashioned values... where the owners have the experience, knowledge and desire to help their customers. I literally put my whole heart and soul into this company so it means the world to me to receive such positive feedback — thank you so much for sharing.
Reviews are the lifeblood of our brand… they validate value, help to create awareness and add experiential insight to the customer. This would really be a huge deal for us... Either way, thank you for your consideration and I sincerely hope to stay in touch.

P.S. I've got a fresh bottle of BTC on the way! Will you please let me know when it arrives?

I'm so impressed with Brian and Ancestral Supplements.I am excited for continued healing.Let me say that I don't give 5 star reviews lightly and certainly not for anything I may receive. This is just my review based on my experience with the products so far and the excellence of the customer service I have received. I hope this helps someone else as so many of the other reviews have helped me. I'll be back with an update in a month or two!

UPDATE: (I was not paid or compensated for my honest review)

I finished the Beef organs,Colostrum,Bone marrow,and the BTC and just received my new order 3 days ago. I really appreciate you sending me a free bottle of the BTC and though I only did take it for a month I just wasn't feeling it. My psoriasis got a bit worse though I'm not attributing that to the product. I don't have a lot of money but I believe in these products whole heartedly. I could afford 3 bottles so I ended up choosing the trifecta as I did feel benefits from taking the Beef organs and Bone marrow.Adding the beef liver just seemed the right thing to do and now that I've been taking that in addition to the organs and marrow I have that feeling of well being again.I can really feel the difference in just three days so your advice on these three is golden.I look forward to trying other things like the brain and others but I will stick with these three for now as I want them monthly and don't want to miss a day.Thanks so much for these fantastic products Brian,your compassion for what you do really shines above what others are doing and your customer service is pure excellence."